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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-08-23

NO has Pullman Bunctt Sleeping Cars 70
Vickaburg and New Orleans without change.
Connects for all points in Texas. Arizona and
California. No. has Combination ParlOr, Re-
clining Chairs, and Sleeping Cars 10 Memghis.
Round trip rate. I.ousyllle TO Old Point Conn
fort and return $500 good until October Slst.
Fare one way Ia sl7, 20. Through Pullman Buff
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-08-23
TO TEACHERSi

Twin buy such claims az the teachers OF the
common schools In the county may ind Il nee
dIseogat, address PEEK II MORE An. BOY II.
lIOpkinsville, Ky. es9aiam.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-08-23

Only five ofthe 81, 900 county bonds
called in have been presented for pay
ment. The other seven have drawn
no interest since July lst and should
DO surrendered without further de-
lay. After paying off II county
bonds there will still be enough mon
ey on hand to pay 5 more and the
present levy will pay 80 more, leav-
ing after this year only 70 of the 200
(lS9T Railroad bonds unpaid. The
leyies of 'SS and 's9 will pay off all of
the balance and county taxes can then
be reduced to about12,6 cents, instead
Of 47Jf cents as now. The addition OF
20 cents in the Hopkinsville district
will still leaYe the rate 10 cents less
than at present. If the Ohio Valley
stock should pay dividend equal to
8 per cent there would be no necessity
for increasing the tax rate even IN
the city district, until the maturity OF
the bonilgto be Issued.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-08-23
WATCHES,

Clocks, Silverware, Spectacles, Etc.
sold cheaper than ever before by
w. ii. OLVEY, AG'T.
Reichert's old stand.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-08-23
TINE TABLE FOR TRAINS.
Z. q N. Railroad

DEPART sourH-i:l9 and 6:26 A. M.;B;l0P, NJ.
DEPART N0RTH-l0:0i and--A. NJ; O:O7 p. NJ,
ARklvH FR0h soUrH-lO:0i An. IS 100, 10 :O7 Pm .
AhhlVEEkohN oRrH-4aSA. n. -, $40 P. N.
John W. Logaden, Agent, Iopkinsville. Ky
POST oFFICE-west Main Street, bet. Sth
and 9Th.
Open for letters, stamps-7 I'M. toeP.M.
money Orders-0 A. n. to 4 Pm.
delivery, Sundays-a:Ab l:lB Pm.
soUTHERN EXPRESS OFFICE,
Seventh ST. near Main.
Open "a. n. to5P.M.
TELEGRAPH OFFICES.
WESTERN UsIoE-Up stairs corner Main and
sthstrests. Mrs. Randle and Miss Park, opera
tors.
BALrIMoRK 4 OHIo-Up stairs corner Main
and 9th streets. A. IL. Smyser, operator.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-08

To make kite. select for the upright good
straight iath, as A, B, in the plain kite shown
In the cut. Next procure half Of thin
hosp or cane for the bow G., d, and then tie
the hoop to the upright at A, and take care
to have as much ON one side of the upright as
on the other, otherwise your kite will be sure
to fall on one side when flying. Notch the
two ends Of the bow G, D, and tie long
piece of string TO D, pass it round the upright
at e and then fasten it at G.; next carry tho
string to A, pass it down to D, and tie it
there; from thence it is to be continued to B,
passed round q notch there, and carried up
again TO G, then down the upright at F and
up to D, where it is to be finally fastened Off
The skeleton being thus finished the next
thing to be done is to paste several
sheets OF paper so as to form a sur
face large enough TO cover the kite
and allow of a little turn over to fasten
the outer edges: al ter you have pasted the
paper on to the skeleton you must make two
holes in the uprights as at q, q, through
which the belly band is to be passed, knotting
the two ends of the string to keep it from
slipping through the holes The wings are to
be made of several sheets of paper cut into
slips, rolled close up, so as to bear some re-
semblance TO a tasSel, and tied to the sides or
tina kite at C, D. The tail, which should bS
about fifteen times the length of the kite, Is
made by EoldiHg n number of pieces of paper
SO as to be about an inch in breadth and four
inches in length, and afterward tying them
on q SCr1ng at intervals OF Cnreo 1ncneS, ana Is
finished by aff1xing to the end of the string
large tassel made in the same manner as the
wings Tie thestring with which you intend
TO Ay the kite to the bellyband and your
kite is complete and ready for service.
Ingenious boys can readily make fancy
kites A very funny effect may be produced
by painting a kite like sailor and attaching
movable arms, instead of the ordinary tassel
wings, TO the shoulders. We present our
readers with two suggestive forms which are
quite novel. All fancy kites should be
painted with the most glaring colors, and the
figures on them drawn as coarsely as possible,
as they are intended to be seen at a great
distance
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-08
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
EASTER GAMES, AS PFAcTIcEO AT
HOME AND ABROAD.

Kites Used by Philosophers in Electrical
and Locomotive Experiments The
Boys Kite for Fun-HOw the Latter
May Be made In Fancy Patterns.
The kite, so named because originally
made in the shape OF bird called the kite, is
not orly favorite toy with young folks, but
It has occasionally been applied to useful and
curious purposes by philosophers. By means
OF q kite formed Of a silk handkerchief
stretched over wooden frame, DR.. Franklin
drew down lightning from the clouds and
demonstrated its identity with electricity.
Many years ago Mr.. Pocock, of Bristol, is re-
ported to have travelled on the road between
Bath and London in a carriage drawn by two
paper kites supported at moderate elevation
and impelled by the wind. We do not, how
ever, expect our readers to perform any
electrical or locomotive experiments with
their kites, but we are sure they viii derive
great amusement from their little aerial
machines, especially if they manufacture
them with their own hands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-08

Professor Harrison was shortly escorted
into the hall by the reception committee 1t
was plain from his manner that he was used
to appearing in public He had a decided lop
to one shoulder, was considerably bow legged
and at some time or other in his wild career
he had been hit i'll the right eye by peeled
onion and the onion had remained sticking
there. He did not create a favorable first
impression, and many of the members pulled
out their hymn books and settled back for an
hour of silent recreation. After taking
drink Of water and asking that six or seven
Of the windows be lowered for the sake of
ventilation. the professor took the platform
and gave himself few shakes.
ave know what de beginnin' was" said the
speaker, as he posed himself for a grand eff
fort, "but what will de eand be! We needn't
ask why dis world was created. 1t was to
balance de universe. OAR was so much land
ober in Yurup dat it got to tippin' de world
ober, an so de Iawd went at it an made
America to chen up fngs. Den He thought
it would be too bad to hev so much land go
TO waste, an he made Adam an Eve an lots
of odder folks, an dats how we came to be
heah. [Muttered expressions of doubt from
various parts of the hall.
Thousands of years ago when somebody
invented de jackknife de pubhck thought de
eand of de world must be nigh, but de world
VeuG TlSnG on GQ9 same. Oen SOMEBODY
invented plug tobacker an q boss pistol an
people held up DER hands an said dey didn't
keer to live any longer. De world kept gwine
right long jist the same, an we had de pitch
fork, de sl1oop shovel, de rat trap, de tele-
graf an de steam ingine in quick suckeshun
A word about de rat trap. / ar de inventor
an patentee of de only self actin rat trap on
de face of dis har globe. 1t am warranted to
stand in any climate an do its work under
any circumstances. It ar called the Daisy,
an in case de members of dis lodge will agree
to take hundred or more / will make dis
count of 1S per cent. [Great figuring to see
how much thirteen off would leave.1
"But to return to my essay. Step by step,
foot by foot, dis world has gone EDWARDS and
upwards, an de eand am not yit. 1t has got
so dat men fly frew de air an journey under
water. Steam does de work Of millyens of
men an bosses, an de genius Of man am con-
stantly at work to turn out somethin' new to
better our condishun. Oar seems to be
gineral impreshum dat we hev sorter reached
de eand of de rope, an dat genius will be
taken around to de barn, tied up to the man
ger an be left to starve to death. Terrible
grOans from the back end of the hall But
SIGH will not be de case It am at least fo'
millyun miles away. doan' hardly speckt
TO live to see it, an I doan' 'spose any of you
speckt to. 1 predickt that we will keep gwine
right along as a world an people. Genius
won't stop. an culcher won't stop. We shall
keep passih' frew de refinery until dar sWin
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-08

come day when man an woman viii be so
perfeckt dat DER will be no need Of der gwine
TO heaben. Everything will be what de
Greeks call spirituelle. Oar viii be no chaw-
in an Smokin-no swearIn an drinkin'-no
family rows-no stealin' chickens an water
mellyons. We all shall be purity an built
arter de latest fashun. Instead Of hevin' to
walk we shall sorter float around, an nobody
will war ober a No. 3 shoe. 1t won't rebber
rain or snow [cheers], dar won't be no police
around [applausel an if you owe anybody
anything he won't dare dun you fur it.
Tremendous cheering, during which one of
the Sacred Bear Traps fell down and nearly
killed Samuel Shin.I
'De eand of dis world an of de life in it.
my frens, ar gwine to be solemnly an
grandly bewtiful. We shall git up some
mawnin' feelin' extra good. Oar will be
champagne an oysters f1oatin' around an not
costin' a red cent. We shall eat an drink till
we almost bust, an den we shall sorter float
outer der winder on sspicy laden breezes,
kinder sail lords de sky, an de fust we know
de airth will sink away, an we all shall be
asleep LCrieS of 'hearp 'hearP1
"Dat will be de eand, my frens, an as was
sayin' about dat daisy of rat trap it sells on
sight. No respectable family kin afford to
be widout one. 1t stands by you all day an
nebber runs off at night Single traps fifty
cents each, or five for 81. Dis closes my
essay, an hopin' dat you hev all profte1 mo-
or less by my remarks an dat my presence
heah dis eavenin' may be de means of maxim
you all better citizens, heahby wish you a
fond good night"
When the essayist had left the hall there
was cold, solid silence of half a minute,
during which Elder Toots awoke with an aw-
full start. Then Brother Gardner said:
"Dar am varus kinds of essays-some good,
some bad an some middlin' You kin nebber
tell what one am gwine to be till it ar shot
off. doan' think we shall want any mo- fur
about three months. Let us go home. DE
troit Free Press
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-08
Mammals Girl.

II seems very funny thing, and yet 1 know it's
true,
That mamma was a little girl-little, like me and
you.
She rolled her hoop and jumped the rope, and
dressed her doll, s'pose;
Perhaps sometimes she wasn't good and tore her
Sunday clothes.
But mamma must have been so very sweet,
think that
Would like TO be just like her, and so mean to
try.
and when grandma sees me next, she'll say
sDSar me, I'm sure that 10
Ls 'xactly ike her mother was bout twenty years
agor' Golden Days.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-08
THE LIME KILN CLUB.
A Literary Entertainment by Professors
Rainbow Harrison.

4 Literary Entertainment by Professor
Rainbow Harrison.
As soon as the meeting had opened and
Samuel Shin and Giveadam Jones had ceased
coughing, Brother Gardner blandly observed:
@My frens. desiah TO remark dat we hab a
visitor in de aunty-room. His cognomen ar
Professor Rainbow Harrison. an he halls
from de boundless staff Of Tennessee. He am
on his way to Canady TO sell patent rat
trap-a trap which cotches rat, breaks his
neck, frows de body into de alley an sots
itself fur another-an' he stopped ober heah
on purpose to attend one of our meetin's an
deliber an essay. His essay ar betitled:
'What VIII de Eand BeP He comes heah re-
commended in de highest manner as fewent
speaker, an he doan' mean TO move on till he
has delibered his essay. As he am stoppin' at
my cabin, an as he kin git away wild mo- meat
an taters at one meal dan kin at fo', hev
thought it best to git him off my hands as
soon as possible If he hangs aroun' arter
speakin' his piece some Of you had better
hint to de police dat he comes under de vag
rant act"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-08
EAsrER GAME IN RussIA.

One of the group, usually the oldest, starts
an egg down an inclined board her object
being to strike and scatter those Of the expect
ant playmates that lie on the ground Each
one In turn sends an egg down the inclined
plano. The one who mis- Or scatters the
largest number of eggs of course wins the
game. which, if one may judge by the earnest
faces, Of the children x.s seen In the picture,
must be very interesting ona
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-08
To Render Water Luminous.

Young students of chemistry will be in
terested to learn how TO render the surface Of
water phoSphorescent. Wet lump of fine
sugar with phosphorized ether, and throw it
into . basin OF water; the surface of the water
will become luminous. and show beautifully
ia the dark; by gently blowing upon it, phos-
phorescent undulations will be formed, which
win illumine the air above the fluid for a con-
siderable space. In winter the water must be
rendered blood warm.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-08
Simple Exercises.

@Knuckle down" is a very good feat. 1t
consists in placing the toes against a line
ehalked on the floor, kneeling down and
getting up again, without using the hands, or
moving the feet from the line. "Prostrate
and perpendicular" is another simple exer-
else:
Cross your arms on your body, lie down
ON your back, and then get up again, without
using either your elbows or hands in doing So
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-08
Easter GAMES and Customs.

The exact origin of the pretty custom OF
Offering fancy eggs at Easter is somewhat
shrouded in mystery, but the custom contin-
ues just the same, for all that In this coun-
try children who live in or near large cities
are favored with Easter eggs made of rich
confectionery, or of china filed with sweet
meats. In country towns the young people
depend more for their eggs on colored ones
prepared at home. In far away Russia boys
and girls, on Easter Monday, play at the
curious Easter game depicted in the annexed
engraving, which was originally designed for
American Aericulturist
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-08-25
A Touching, Scene.

The other evening just before
Col. Hamilton was to leave Tor
Brandon many ladies went to- see
him and several pretty little girls
also. One, the daughter of n dis.
tin2uishcd gentleman of this State
presented him with beautiful has
ket of flowers and said, Col. Ham
iIton, these flowers speak the lau-
ruagc of Truth and each in its
beauty is an emblem of your limo
cence." The brave and good man
with tears Springing in his eyes
in silence, kissed his little friend
Jackson IdUertiSer.
That's all mighty nice, but there
is another touching scene" the
people will not soon forget. 1t
represents q PROSTATE, bleeding
form, bullet through his body, an.
other through his face, another in
his leg. On the night air is yet
heard the agoniZing cry Of con
God. murder :" Above that pros.
tratc, bleeding, dying form stands
man with the fierce CLEAN Of
murderous hate in bis eyc--a l3
inch pistol in his hand, and he is
touching up the face of his fall
en- foe. Oh, yes, Jones Hamilton
goes in for touching scenes, and
he can either let the tears spring
to his eyes or he can say to the by
ISLANDERS, He shot at me, and
when l got at him, beltcd hell
ont of him" Oh, Jon;e is nothing
if not touching.-EoS ctuSko Star
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-08-25
st. John on the Third Party.

Ex-Gov. St. John, the Prohibition
candidate for President in 1854
thus expressed himself in recent
interview:
Il went to Massachusetts, to de
liver three addresses at the Rev. Mr.
Halls Prohibition caNp meeting
and that mission is accomplished
| shall now 90 to New York and
PENNSYLVANIA, where | am engaged
to deliver seventeen more After
that intend IL proceed to Cali
fornia. The Prohibition party
which cast 15l.O00 votes in 1854
and over 100000 in 1883, will surely
cast 100000 in 1883. 1t is march
ing on to victory, and will become
q majority party before many years
about 1892 | belive the Republic
can and Democratic parties must
break to pieces before that time.
We are fighting the Republican
party pow, and by its death We Will
build up a party of principle on lis
ruins. l think Gen. Fisk, of New
Jersey, will be the Prohibition can
didate for President in 1855"
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-08-25
The Governor and "Wool Hat"

OkoLoSA, Mss, Aug. 2O,-In the
discussion on the subject of State
finances and the State debt, which
occurred here to-day between Gov
ernor Lowry and Hon Frank Bur
Nit (''Wool Hat'), in the presence
OF large and intelligent audience
his ExcclIcncv met his Waterloo.
Captain Burkitt has demonstrated
that he is not only a bold and fear
less advocate of the peoples rights
through the press, but is an orator
able to cope with the foremost in the
State. He completely demolished
the Governors array Of figures and
showed conciu,ivcly the State debt
of Mississippi has increased under
the present administration more
than ST. 100000. Chickasaw is proud
Of wool Hat" and will send him
back to the legislature by an over
whelming majority.-Picayune SPe
cidl.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-08-25
A Call for a Sen atoraI Convention

The last convention to nominate a
Democratic candidate for Senator for
the 32nd District, was held at Magnolia,
Sept. 10th, 19S3, and the following reso-
luton adopted. to-wit:
RcSolred, that the Chairmen of the
Democratic Executive Committees of the
different counties composing this district,
shall constitute an Executive Committee
for this Senatorial District
In view of the above resolution, it be-
comes the duty of the undersigned to fix
upon some time and place to nominate a
candidate for Senator for this district.
After due consideration, we have fixed
upon Summit as the place, and the 18th
day of Sept, 1897, rs the time for hold
ing the neat Senatorial IonV"n' i"n.
r. w. FOXWORTH,
Chairman for Marion County.
II. CASSIDY,
Chairman for Lincoln County.
I. w. JAMES,
Chairman for Pike County.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-08-25
Last rday's Convention.

The County Democratic Convention
held here last Saturday was a thoroughly
representative body, and undoubtedly
reflected the views of the great mass of
white people Of the county. The pro-
ceedings of the Convention were entire
~ harmonious, and any differences of
opinion were chcerfully acquiesced in by
the minority. From n party stand point,
We think the Convention made one mistake
and that was, if it was determined to Ig-
more the order of the old Executive Com
mittee to nominate by convention all the
way through, in not adopting the. reeou-
lions for holding a primary election to
nomina county officers. No proposition
ON earth could have been fairer for as-
ascertaining the will of the people, aud
tho plan would have thoroughly united
the party and guaranteed the election
of good Democrat TO every office in the
county.
The platform, which was adopted with
out dissenting vote, is al excellent one,
and The LEADER heartily endorses every
plank in II, as well as the men chosen to
stand OH it. The new Executive Com
mittee is a capital one, and will do good
work for the party. Now let us all 60 to
work and support the Conventions
action. If any Democrat doesn't approve
of everything the Convention did, let
bin remember that he is only one man,
and that after all, 80 of the best men of
the county who constituted the Con-
rention may possibly be wiser than he
Such thing is possible, to say the
least.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-08-25
~~SA~
Well Put.

We have never believed that Gov
Lowry was q corrupt man, and so fai
as charges of corruption are concern
ed he needs no vindicatiOn, but
there is much cvideyce to show that
like Gen. Grant he has been fire.
quently imposed upon by his
friends, men who are not what he
once believed, and perhaps still
believes them to be. That states
man who volunteered to take care OF
his enemies himself if Heaven
would save him from his friends,
had an eye to such Individuals
FickSJurq Post.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-08-25
Give Them A Chance.

That is to say, your lungs. Also all
your breathing machinery. Very Won
derfnl machinery it is. Not only the
larger air passages, but the thousands OF
little tubes and cavities leading from
them.
When these are clogged and chOk-
ed with matter which ought not to be
there, your lungs cannot half do their
work. And what they do, they cannot
do well.
Call it cold, cough, Group, pneumon-
ia, catarrh, consumption or any of the
family of throat ana nose and head aud
lung distractions, all are bad. All
ought to be got rid of. There is just
one sure way to get rid of them. That is
to take BOschee's German Syrup, which
any druggist will sell you at rs cents a
bottle. Even if everything else failed
you, you may depend upon this for GER
tain.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-08-25
The Rights of the Press.

In a recent lIbe, suit in Rhode
Island the Chief Justice laid down
the law as follows: | think that a
public newspaper has the right 20
comment urOn aud Criticise in the
discharge OF public duties. | think
that IT the publishers discover what
they conceive To be defects. they
have n right to point them out. IL
there are facts which suggest fault |
think that the public press have a
riuht to ciiriciNe. II in the exercise
at this freedom of comment they act
fairly and honestly and mean To dn
wha, is right, they cannot he held
accountable. 1t is OF great impor
lance to the public that The news
papers should have this liberty. II
there should he none To censrre OF
10 criticiSc, frauds would grow
more and more intolerable To til,
manifest peril of public welfare, and
therefore, YOU can see that The
public have great interest ii
maintaining unshacklcd the right o
the public press TO freely and fairly
crlicise. -THScdlOOSa Gazette.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-08-25

reason and the articles are not per
sonaily abusive or insulting.
or Mr.. MaxwciI's peculiar polite
al views we mag speak at another
time. If he is still so ignorantIct
any olive political issues before the
people" he should read the platform
adopted last Saturday 10y the county
Democratic convention, and il not
too obtuse to comprehend it, may Yet
learn something to his advantage.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-08-25

We have been asked when and
where the convention for nominating
Floater will be held. That question
will have to be settled by the Exc
cutive Committee for the Floatorial
District, composed as follows: For
Lincoln-R. r. Applewhite, H.
Cassidy and Owen Easterling; for
Jefferson-F. II. Culley, j. d. Nc
Arm and j. D. Frazier. DR.. Apple
white is Chairman of the committee,
and will doubtless call an early
meeting to have the matter settled
We would suggest Tuesday, the
Goth of September, as a good time,
and Caseyville the place, the last
two conventions having been held
in Jefferson county.